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Mahonia Marvel on low water in 50% shade in May in Davis. Photo: SK Reid. Mahonia Marvel is a shrub composed of layers of stiff green leaves with a prickle at each tip. These are arranged along upright, unbranching stems.
Autumn Bonfire azalea in full bloom in April in Davis. Photo: K Reid Autumn Bonfire is a dwarf azalea with vivid red flowers, whose buds garnet buds stand out against the green foliage.
Bouteloua gracilis Blonde Ambition on 20% ETo in April 2016. Photo: SK Reid. This lovely cultivar of blue grama grass showed no significant differences in relative growth or quality between treatments (Table 4).
Coolvista Dianella, May 2019. Photo: SK Reid. Coolvista is a short, grass-like plant with blue green leaves in the Asphodelaceae. Among open house attendees, Coolvista was more popular in Southern California than at UC Davis (Tables 7b and 7d).
Columbine in late June. Photo: SK Reid. This evergreen or almost evergreen perennial is a native endemic to California woodland, chaparral, and riparian habitats along the western edge of the state.
Bouteloua gracilis 80% of ETo at midsummer. Photo: SK Reid. Commonly called blue grama grass or eyelash grass, Bouteloua gracilis is a long-lived prairie grass native to North America. This tidy bunching grass puts up attractive long spikes with seedheads almost at a 90 angle to the stem.
San Diego sedge in bloom. Photo: SK Reid. San Diego sedge is a stiffly upright evergreen plant with bluish green leaves that showed exceptional toughness and drought tolerance for a riparian species.
California lilac Valley Violet in full bloom. Photo: L.R. Oki. Valley Violet California lilac is a low-growing evergreen shrub with long arching branches arising from the center; these are smothered in deep lavender flowers from base to tip in very early spring.
Apache plume in bloom and seed. Photo: SK Reid. Apache plume is a woody shrub with small, dissected leaves and a profusion of pink staminate flowers followed by fluffy seeds that lend it a fuzzy appearance during its long flowering period and beyond.
